That movie was a real tearjerker.
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Tearjerker
Synonyms for "tearjerker" (33 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (16)
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Translations
15 translations across 11 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 催淚作品 /催泪作品 noun (emotionally charged dramatic work)
Dutch
1 entries- tranentrekker noun (emotionally charged dramatic work)
Finnish
2 entries- nyyhkyleffa noun (emotionally charged dramatic work)
- nyyhkytarina noun (emotionally charged dramatic work)
French
1 entries- tire-larmes noun (emotionally charged dramatic work)
German
1 entries- Schnulze noun (emotionally charged dramatic work)
Italian
2 entries- lacrimoso noun (emotionally charged dramatic work)
- strappalacrime noun (emotionally charged dramatic work)
Japanese
1 entries- お涙頂戴 noun (emotionally charged dramatic work)
Polish
1 entries- wyciskacz łez noun (emotionally charged dramatic work)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- srcedrapateljna priča noun (emotionally charged dramatic work)
Spanish
3 entries- dramón noun (emotionally charged dramatic work)
- lacrimoso noun (emotionally charged dramatic work)
- lacrimógeno noun (emotionally charged dramatic work)
Swedish
1 entries- snyftare noun (emotionally charged dramatic work)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Renamed in honor of the tube tearjerker, the work wondrously went on to become the most recognized theme in all of soapdom.
Source: wiktionary
The psychologist Paul Rozin lumps tearjerkers with other examples of benign masochism like smoking, riding on roller coasters, eating hot chili peppers, and sitting in saunas.
Source: wiktionary
The many tear-jerkers deal with finality, with death and the end of love, with a stoicism pregnant with feeling.
Source: wiktionary
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